Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-19
DAILY HERALD,
SENATOR WHITE.
Return of Los Angeles
FavOrite Son.
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DID.
southern California Has Reason to
be Satisfied with the Action
of the SOlOns.

from sacramento on Thursday and i'm.
nediately started in at hard work in his
law Office trying to make up for some OF
ne valuable time he had sacrificed in
the interests of the dear people. 1t GER
tainly is great loss for q man in the
full tide of large and prosperous law
business to leave it and be absent from
his home as long as State Senator has
TO be. On his return he finds many
broken threads to be gathered up and
knit together. SO it is no wonder that
Mr.. White is very busy. He states that
California Jared very nicely at
che Legislative session just closed and in
fact the Southsrners got nearly every
thing they went after. They are very
veil satisfied with the irrigation legisla'
ticn enacted and feel certain that we
have heard nearly the last OF the riparian
riehts doctrine. The matter now has
he proper start in the right channel
end can be improved from time to time.
The bill appropriating some $29, 800 to
Be expended by the State Boird of
Forestry was purely Southern Califor.
mia MEASURE and was passed BY the per.
p;stent efforts OF Senator Rose. The
greater portion of the sum will be
spent here in Southern California and
will be of great advantage to our people.
The bill allowing cities to issue bonds
and incur indebtedness for permanent
improvements places Los Angeles on the
same plane with other large, progressive
cities, and settles the paving, sewerage
and other questions effectually. The
city can now go ahead and beautify.
The law also places safeguards around
the expenditure of the money, and
makes it certain that it will be spent
legitimately and for the purposes in.
tended.
The amendment to the Constitution
giving to cities Of the class of Los
Angeles the right to frame their own
charters, is of paramount Importance to
this city. There is too much difference
between towns in Northern California
and those down here for one charter to
apply to both sections. 1t is matter
of impossibility. but this amendment
fixes things all right. 1t will be voted
for on the 18th Of April, and there
should be good vote polled in this
city. The vote will come from the
cities, a. it affects them alone, and does
not interest the country. The notice of
election is printed elsewhere in the
HERALD, and should be carefully read
and considered. 1t provides that q
board oil. fifteen freeholders shall be
elected, whose duty it shall be to frame
charter. They have ninety days in
which to do the work, which will give
them ample time. The utmost care
should be taken in framing the charter,
and one should be prepared that will be
good for years to come.
The bill appropriating $4,000 TO the
State Board of Health for establishing
.quarantines on the southern border was
also adopted. The people of this por-
ton of the State are much interested in
this bill. Thirty thousand dollars were
appropriated for furthering the viticul.
tural interest, and Southern California
will be to certain extent the beneficiary
of this sum.
One of the most important bills adopt.
ed was that providing that hereafter
Boards of Supervisors shall see to it in
districting counties that not more than
$50 voters shall be placed in any one
precinct. This bill was passed as mat.
ter Of urgency on the last day of the
session. The revelations made as to the
condition of the White House precinct
brought out in the Lynch Vandever
contest, caused this bill to be adopted,
and hereafter nobody will be defrauded
of his vote.
One of the important measures passed
by the efforts OF Mr.. White was bill
allowing executors of estates to mort.
gage or lease property to pay debts OF tn e
estate. The following from the Bulletin
shows the importance of this measure:
"One of the last acts passed by the
Legislature just adjourned, and only
approved by the Governor on yesterday,
was that authorizing executors and ad.
ministrators of estates of deceased per.
sons to mortgage and lease such estates,
or portions thereof, under sanction of
the court. This bill. which is of general
application, was introduced in the Sen.
ate by Mr.. White, of Los Angeles, aud
in the Assembly by Mr.. Variel. of Plu.
Mas, anu passed both bodies without dis
sent.
eThere is crisis in the affairs of the
Blythe estate to which this act of leg.
islation will give decisive and favora.
lie turn.
'On the 18th of October, 1882, six
months before his death, Thomas H.
Blythe borrowed of john Parrott the
sum of 1915, 900, at 6 per cent. per an
mum for one year. The money was paid
to Nicholas Luning. who held mortgage
security against the block of land in this
city constituting the heart of the estate
bounded by Market, Geary and Dupont
streets. The mortgage was overdue and
drawing per cent. per annum interest.
The new mortgage to Mr.. Parrott wal
against only that portion OF the so.called
Blythe block which lies east of Brooks
street. When this mortgage fell due, in
October, 1883, Colonel Roach was in full
possession of the estate as administrator,
and of him Mr.. Parrott demanded his
loan. 1t was not possible to meet the de-
mand out of the accumulated reve.
nues of the estate. A foreclosure
suit was threatened, and the great
loss which would probably have
attended forced sale was. only
avxrted by an agreement between
the administrator and the mortgage for
an increase in the interest of per cent
per annum. This subjected the estate
to an additional monthly payment of
1912 SO. exacted monthly in advance.
For this consideration Mr.. Parrott ex.
tended the period of the morigage'for
two years, or until October l3, 1885.
OF course it was essential to this ar
rangement that it should receive the
sanction Of the Probate Judge, and, as
matter Of fact. it was formally confirmed
BY . decree Of Judge Coffey, entered
November "a. 1888. The two years. ex. |
tension. it will be noticed, expired a |
year snd hall ago. but the heirs of |
Mr.. Parrott have forborne to foreclose
They now insist upon settlement. and
it was their demand that made the ia,x;.